Complete C.V. (PDF format) (last updated on November 19, 2009)

 

Born:                  Rimini (Italy)

Citizenship:        Italian, US Permanent Resident

Marital Status:  Married

Languages:        Italian (native), English (fluent), Spanish (fair)

 

Employment History

06/2003 -                   Assistant Professor of Economics

                                  Stern School of Business, New York University 

09/2000 - 05/2003    Assistant Professor of Finance

                                  Tepper School of Business (formerly GSIA), Carnegie Mellon University

 

Education

2000    Ph.D. in Economics, University of Rochester  

1998    M.A. in Economics, University of Rochester

1993    B.A. in Economics, Universita' di Bologna - Magna Cum Laude

 

Papers published or accepted for publication

Asset Pricing in a Production Economy with Chew-Dekel Preferences, with Claudio Campanale and Rui Castro , forthcoming on the Review of Economic Dynamics

The Economic Effects of Improving Investor Rights in Portugal, with Rui Castro , Portuguese Economic Journal, Volume 8, Issue 2, August 2009, pages 59-97.

Legal Institutions, Sectoral Heterogeneity, and Economic Development, with Rui Castro and Glenn MacDonald, Review of Economic Studies, Volume 76, Issue 2, April 2009, Pages 529-561.

Stock Grants as a Commitment Device, with Tom Cooley and Cheng Wang , Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Volume 30, Issue 11, November 2006, pages 2191-2216.

A Theory of Financing Constraints and Firm Dynamics , with Hugo Hopenhayn , Quarterly Journal of  Economics, Volume 121, Issue 1, February 2006, pages 229-265.

Investor Protection, Optimal Incentives, and Economic Growth, with Rui Castro and Glenn MacDonald - Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 119, Issue 3, August 2004, pages 1131-1175.

Other publications

Financial Globalization, Financial Crises, and Contagion. A comment. Forthcoming on the Journal of Monetary Economics.

Rethinking Compensation in Financial Firms, with Thomas Cooley, Matthew Richardson, and Ingo Walter, in "Restoring Financial Stability: How to Repair a Failed System",  edited by Viral Acharya and Matthew Richardson, John Wiles & Sons, March 2009.